Steve’s Musings

Science Catches Up to Tai chi

Today, I received a copy of a Harvard Medical School special health report called: ‘An Introduction to Tai Chi.’ This is a 46 page booklet that recommends Tai Chi as an exercise program for mental and physical well-being. The Harvard Medical School doesn’t make...

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Consumer Reports Study on Back Pain

The June 2017 issue of the Consumer Reports Magazine took a look at back pain. Causes, remedies, costs, and how back pain affects quality of life. They interviewed 3,562 back pain sufferers and found the most satisfying relief came from regular Yoga or Tai Chi...

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What’s a Body to Do?

How many body's do you have? You can think about this as various bodies, or as various aspects of your body. If you can gather all your bodies/aspects, and convince them to all live together harmoniously in the being called you, then life is good. And long. And...

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Your Tai Chi Isn’t in the Mirror

The other day, during a class, when we would start to practice our form, I noticed a student moving left & right to get into the right spot. I asked him what he was doing, and he replied: “I’m getting to the place where I can see the mirror.” Aha! Your Tai Chi...

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By Way of an Apology to Jaqui Gee

The other day, Jaqui reminded me that years ago I referred to Chen Man-Ching's T'ai Chi form as Inferior T'ai Chi. I apologize profusely. I can only hope that Jaqui can forgive said comment as the off hand remark of a testosterone laden and obviously much less wiser...

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Musing #1: The four enemies you must face

The four enemies. (Loosely liberated from Carlos Castenada) The first enemy is fear. Fear paralyzes you. For fear, you don't act. There are several forms of fear. One of the lesser manifestations of fear is worrying. If you are constantly imagining bad things in your...

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